I found this on another forum and thought it a pretty interesting with great pictures too...
 
http://www.guitar-bass.net/vintage/paul-right-now-paul-kossoffs-1959-gibson-les-paul-up-close/
 
YEAH!!
 
J

There's a video of Joe Bonamassa playing one of Kossof's 'bursts.
Maybe I can find the link...
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx6oYHT6QLU
T

I liked this:
"It’s called a California Girl, or Cali Girl for short, has five latches and is well used. It was given that name, apparently, because of its curvy shape."
That may part of it, but they ARE "brown on the outside, and pink on the inside".
Just sayin', kinda like girls from California, or so I remember...
 
T
 

i love the simple design,
i like it better with the guard off,
not a super top, but a nice figured flame,
beautiful patina,
the neck, a testament to what a good luthier can do with broken wood.
 
but best of all,
was how kossoff played it.
 

Michigan maple rarely compares to all the North West maple everyone uses these days.
Most of the "real" burst's ('58-'60) have "mediocre" tops by comparison.
But this one has a pretty good top as "real" burst's go...
Unfortunately, for players like me, it is all in the hands.
 
T

i hear a LOT of kossoff's style in Joe Bonamassa's playing.

Joe wears his influences on his sleeve (he plays alot of Eric Johnson, among others).
That being said the guy is a great guitar player.
Robben Ford still reigns supreme for the "urban" blues players in my book though.
Just so tasty.
 
T

You hear everyone from the past when JB is playing. I don't find he has any style of his own but excels in sounding like the old timers.

I'm sure Joe will own this guitar before long and there will be a write-up in GP magazine. 
 
J

I thought there were more posts in this thread , did somebody trim it and pull the pics ? 
 
Anyway , I was lucky enough to have gotten to seen Paul Kossof play live w Free ,,,,
His sound was so dead balls on …
His tone ,  vibrato , note selections and phrasing set him head and shoulders above many of the other folks that were out there back then ..
I loved his playing just as much as I loved Clapton , BB King , Leslie West , Santana , Page and Roy Buchanan ….. 
 
I wish that style of Rock would make a comeback and be popular again …..just wishing out loud …
 
Kenny